Samu Pecz (born as ''Petz'', Pest, 1 March 1854 –

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, 1 September 1922) was a Hungarian architect and academic.

Career

Pecz studied at a number of universities both at home and abroad in

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, later at the

Vienna Academy of Fine Arts The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna () is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 1688 as a private academy, it is now a public university. The academy is also known for twice rejecting admission to a young Adolf Hitler in 1907 and 1908. ...

under the Danish architect

Theophil Hansen Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen (; original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen, ; 13 July 1813 – 17 February 1891) was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen. He became particularly well known for his buildings and structures in ...

, the builder of the

Austrian Parliament Building The Austrian Parliament Building (, colloquially ''das Parlament'') in Vienna is the meeting place of the two houses of the Austrian Parliament. The building is located on the in the first district, ''Innere Stadt'', near Hofburg Palace and t ...

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, and

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buildings in Vienna. After returning to

he worked with

Frigyes Schulek Frigyes Schulek (19 November 1841 – 5 September 1919) was a Hungarian architect,
Hungarian Electronic Library, retr ...

on the

Matthias Church The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle (), more commonly known as the Matthias Church () and more rarely as the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Catholic church in Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion ...

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and later in the offices of

Alajos Hauszmann Alajos Hauszmann (also called as ''Alois'', June 9, 1847 – July 31, 1926), from 1918 Hauszmann de Velencze, was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian architect, professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Life Hauszmann was born ...

. At this time he familiarised himself with

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High Middle Ages, High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved f ...

, particularly in church design. Later, Pecz worked in the

technical university An institute of technology (also referred to as technological university, technical university, university of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science ...

under Schulek and

Imre Steindl Imre Ferenc Károly Steindl (29 October 1839 – 31 August 1902) was a Hungarian architect. Steindl (sometimes called in German ''Emerich Steindl'' or ''Emmerich Steindl'') was the designer of the Hungarian Parliament Building, an associate pr ...

and became a lecturer is 1887. He was 34 years old when he became the dean of the building faculty which he continued to be until his death. He designed numerous buildings in the historicist tradition, often employing

Zsolnay Zsolnay, or formally Zsolnay Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt (Zsolnay Porcelain Manufactory Private Limited) is a Hungarian manufacturer of porcelain, tiles, and stoneware. The company introduced the eosin glazing process and pyrogranite ceramics. Hist ...

tiles to rich effect.

Main works

Country *

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: Elementary school *Dévaványa: Reformed Church *Debrecen: Reformed Church on Kossuth Street *Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania): Lutheran church *Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania): Széki Palace Budapest *District V: Unitarian Church and apartments on Nagy Ignác Street *District IX: Great Market Hall on Fővám Square *District I: National Archives building in

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*District I: Reformed Church on Szilágyi Dezső Square *District VII: Fasori Lutheran Church and

Fasori Gimnázium Fasori Gimnázium (lit. "secondary school on the tree-lined avenue"; fasori=tree lined, gimnazium=secondary school), also known as Fasori Evangélikus Gimnázium ("Fasori" Lutheran Secondary School), official name: ''Budapest-Fasori Evangélikus G ...

*District XI: Technical University Library on Budafoki Street *District VIII: "Gólyavár" on Múzeum blvd. *District IX: Tenement house on Nagyvárad Square

Writings

(in Hungarian) * Introduction to Greek stonework (A görög kőszerkezetek ismertetése) (Budapest, 1886) * On the development of ancient Christian architecture (Az ókeresztény templom-építészet fejlődése (Budapest, 1886) * On the building of Protestant churches (A protestáns templomok építéséről) (Budapest, 1888)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pecz, Samu Hungarian architects People from Pest, Hungary 1854 births 1922 deaths Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Danube-Swabian people